Chapter XVIII. *to erect a Lighthouse on Montok Point in the state of New York.*April 12, 1792. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the*Lighthouse on certain conditions to be built on Montok Point in State of N
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Chap. XVIII.— An Act *to erect a Lighthouse on Montok Point in the state of New York.*April 12, 1792. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the*Lighthouse on certain conditions to be built on Montok Point in State of N. Y. *United States of America in Congress assembled,* That as soon as the jurisdiction of such land on Montok Point in the state of New York as the President of the United States shall deem sufficient and most proper for the convenience and accommodation of a lighthouse shall have been ceded to the United States it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury, to provide by contract which shall be approved by the President of the United States, for building a lighthouse thereon, and for furnishing the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons who may be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of the. same; and the President is hereby authorized to make the said appointments.
That the number and disposition of the lights in the said lighthouse shall be such as may tend to distinguish it from others, and as far as is practicable, prevent mistakes. Approved, April 12, 1792. The following act of Congress, although strictly a private act, has application to so large a body of lands in the state of Ohio, as to justify its insertion in the form of a note. *An act for ascertaining the Bounds of a Tract of Land purchased by John Cleves Symmes.* *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* That the President of the United States be and he hereby is authorized at the request of John Cleves Symmes, or his agent or agents, to alter the contract made between the late board of treasury and the said John Cleves Symmes, for the sale of a tract of land of one million of acres, in such manner that the said tract may extend from the mouth of the Great Miami, to the mouth of the Little Miami, and be bounded by the river Ohio on the south, by the Great Miami on the west, by the Little Miami on the east and by a parallel of latitude on the north extending from the Great Miami to the Little Miami, so as to comprehend the proposed quantity of one million of acres, provided that the northern limits of the said tract shall not interfere with the boundary line established by the treaty of Fort Harmar, between the United States and the Indian nations, and provided also, that the President reserve to the United States, such lauds at, and near Fort Washington, as he may think necessary for the accommodation of a garrison at that fort.
Approved, April 12, 1792.